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Shop with AMEX points at Amazon

October 4, 2011

Most credit card customers earn some type of rewards in the form of points or cash back on their purchases. Some companies, such as Discover Card, only allow their members to redeem points or cash when a certain threshold has been met. Discover, for example, will pay cash back in 20 dollar increments. [...]

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iPhone 4 Verizon: GET IT NOW!

February 2, 2011

It’s finally here! The iPhone 4 from Apple (AAPL) is available to a select group of customers.
Just go to this URL to preorder: http://www.verizonwireless.com/iphoneorder/
Existing Verizon smartphone users running the ANDROID operating system on their phone will have no problem viewing this page since Adobe Flash has no problems running on ANDROID. [...]

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Save Money with Price Matching

October 4, 2010

Recently I was tasked with acquiring two 8gb high speed compact flash cards for a Canon 5D Mark II. This DSLR high capacity memory card ranges from a low of less than 30 dollars on amazon.com
to about 60 bucks at a retail brick and mortar store such as staples. Here’s a snapshot of [...]

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Sears Discount Code September 2010

September 17, 2010

Use the coupon code SEPTDEALS to enjoy some additional savings when shopping on sears.com. This discount is only valid today and tomorrow (September 17-18, 2010) so act fast! Using this discount coupon will give you an extra 20 dollars off of any order of $200 or more. This discount even applies to [...]

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Apple allows Adobe Flash Tools to build iPhone Apps

September 9, 2010

Adobe (ADBE) stock has jumped up significantly today (currently up by over 12%) since Apple (AAPL) has announced that they are allowing third party tools such as Adobe Flash Professional CS5 to be used for iPhone and iPad application development. These lower restrictions will definitely ease the lives of hard working app developers that [...]

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Safe Alternatives to Financial Advisors

May 24, 2010

With the way the market has been for the past few weeks, one would wonder how useful financial advisors really are. It’s going to depend a lot on your expectations and needs.

There are two types of financial advisors out there; service fee or no service fee. Either way, the amount, or lack of amount, typically [...]

Category: Investment Education

New Money Lying Around: How to Properly Invest Your Tax Return

April 20, 2010

Come the new fiscal year, it’s so easy to spend that federal return on that hot new item you wanted, particularly with companies marketing their products to you like you absolutely need them, like Apple’s “magical” iPad. So what, exactly, do you do with money that you never really planned to have in the [...]

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Staples Coupon

April 19, 2010

Save 75 bucks of any HP computer! Here are the dirty details:

*Offer valid 4/21/10–4/24/10. Valid in Staples U.S. stores, by phone at 1-800-333-3330 or online at staples.com. Offer valid on all HP computers and laptops priced $359 and above. Offer excludes netbooks and item no. 848836, clearance products and Compaq brand items. Limit one [...]

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Get $10 Cash Back from US Bank

March 25, 2010

US Bank has a promotion going on that gives their FlexPerks Cash Rewards Visa check card holders 10 bucks for free. Here’s how to get it:

Register your card through their internet banking portal at US Bank or call 888-268-3153 to enroll your card
Spend at least $250 with the US Bank check card between April [...]

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CS4 Coupon

February 17, 2010

If you have been waiting to pull the trigger on an Adobe product then you are in luck. Adobe offers a bunch of professional media editing and authoring tools for photo, video, web, and print publishing.
With this Adobe coupon you can get 10% off CS4 suites and individual products such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, [...]

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Top Roth IRA Rates from mwafcu

January 30, 2010

Midwest America Federal Credit Union has great Roth IRA
with Checking money rates.
Their 23 month term account pays 2.13% dividend rate / 2.15% APY. There is a $500 minimum deposit to earn this rate and dividends are distributed on a quarterly basis. Here are all of MAFCU’s IRA Rates.

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ING Direct’s Highest CD Rates

December 25, 2009

ING Direct currently has the highest 12 month CD rates of 2.00% Annual Percentage Yield. Merry Christmas!

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Sweet CD Rates: PenFed.org

December 6, 2009

PenFed Credit Union has sweet certificate of deposit rates with 2.50%
Annual Percentage Yield on 3 year certificates. There is a $1,000 minimum deposit for these CDs. Pentagon Federal Credit Union compounds earned interest daily for maximum returns.
There is a convenient location for travellers at Fort Shafter in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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CB2 Coupon

November 9, 2009

CB2 (the modern spinoff of Crate and Barrel) offers a nice selection of furniture that is suitable for modern homes. Some of their furniture is made from recycled and reclaimed materials. Crate & Barrel is their parent company – you can even use Crate and Barrel gift cards on merchandise from CB2.
From November [...]

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